Considering the Hotel Merce in Barcelona?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Barcelona:
The old town by SirRichard
From Colon statue's top you can have a wonderful view of the Gothic Quarter, from the Ramblas to the Cathedral. It is all the old houses you see at the right of the Ramblas.
It is nice to see all the roofs from here, in some of them you can observe the daily life of people hanging up clothes for drying, sunbathing, floweres watering...
You could even see the Sagrada Familia temple from there...